Producers are looking for people to head into the Love Island villa in 2017

Last summer's instalment resulted in three couples with Alex and Olivia recently getting engaged and Scott Thomas and Kady McDermott as well as Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey finding love together.

According to TV bosses, the 2017 series "promises to be hotter and sexier than before as producers search for a new group of stunning singles to jet off to a sun kissed paradise ready for the summer of their lives".

Encouraging people to apply, Alex said: "2016 was mine and Olivia’s year and what better way to round it off than proposing to her.

"I’m absolutely made up that my wonderful girlfriend has agreed to marry me. Love Island made our year – 2017 could be yours!”

Earlier this week, Olivia and Alex announced their engagement from New York where they are enjoying a romantic break.

In the early hours of New Year's Eve, Olivia revealed her boyfriend had got down on one knee and proposed in the Big Apple.